The National tribune., 1887-03-24
The Weeks DOingS at tbe Ma
tiOnal Capital
ANornER nIrLoMArLc SCANDAL.


man who objects 10 paving other peoples
debts, especially those If This gentleman, he is
1asmga fIsl-tlass row. lie has visited the
State Department. and the report ls iiat ai has
instance ,ha Department viii requcs, the dip
lomat's recall. a number of other merchants
arc very BuEiaus M 10 what thcy can do TO
secure she amount of their little bills against
the gentleman, as d. is hardly likely that there
are more Senators wives who Will Ice RS kind
10 him as this particular lady has been.
TIRE NE2,T CONGRESS.
Representative Touu-hcnd is still in The city,
hut VIII soon leave for his home in Illinois. He
says De expects aH extra session OF Congress TO
Doe called 10 October. He duos not think there
is any need Tor Congress 20 meet before then,
but lhcre are many reasons why They should
pieet I'd ilgt Time The deficiency biz aud the
liycr and iatbor bin. he lhHks VIII need TO
De acted on before Congress meets iH DcCCm-
her aud besides thai % is important that the
House should DE orIauzol and prepared for
work soon enough TO get through with their
business before political discussions begin TO
take MP the time. il is desirable that they
should da as much as possible at the session
Just preceding % political contest aud adjourn
early. There Is bound 10 hc much time taken
up ON The hu0r %. the House IN talking politics,
and unless there is an extra session called i'm
October thC prospects OF doing much work dur
ing ile session arc not good. lie does not eX-
poet any contest over the Spoakcrship or the
organization OF the House, and thinks that If
there # 10 h1 amy revision of the tariff the EX-
ecutiye viii have to take hand in it.
ARMY OFFICERS GoHE WRONG.
The habit Of duplicating pay accounts by
army officers has received fresh impulse and is
becoming epidemic. The latest accession 20
The ranks 0I financial crooks i'm the army is
1icuLJ. IT, Wilcox, 9Th Cav, none Of whose
lav accounfs have been paid for two months.
Jle has been arrested in st. Louis. and sent to
EortSnelliue 10 De tried by Court Martial This
makes Eve army officers who have gone wrong
within The past year, four Of whom have de-
serted. Lieut. Shaw is still at large. and moth
ing Is known Of his whereabouts IL he is not
apprchcnaCd within the three years limit he
will De dropped from the army as a deserter
The accounts Of Lieut.. Powell, Of the Signal
Service, deceased, have been referred 10 the Sec
oud Auditor who will probably decide which
one is legally payable. An officer, in comment
ing upon the situation, said that the practical
descrtiOn Of Eve army officers IN one year was
q lamentable reelection upon the service Al
these cases hc said occurred west OF the Mis-
sissippi River.
THE sEDGWICK MONUMENT.
A Committee Of the Sixth Corps Association
having charge OF the erection Of a monument
10 Maj Gen. Sedgwick, will visit Spottsylvania
Gourt-housc this week, TO make some prelimi-
nary arrangements connected with The unVail-
lug OF the monument which Will take place
May l., thc anniversary OF the gallant COM
mandeT's death. The attendance OF suryiv-
Ors Of the corps at that time will undoubtedly
be quite large and every preparation viii be
made 10 insure thcir comfort aud 10 make the
proceedings OF unusual interest. Fredericks-
burg has walked mp TO the importance OF the
occasion, and has generously contributed $500
10 aid in entertaining the Northern visitors.
The committee will return 10 Washington from
The battlefield on Monday, the 2Sth, ard in the
evening viii meet the survivors of The Sixth
Corps iding in Washington at the GAR.
Headquarters
RELLs FOR HAMPTON.
IL viii interest many 20 know that q chime
OF bells, now being manufactured at the Clinton
ii. Meneey Foundry. in Troy. y. Y. is 10 be
sent. ms iir pllt Of a gentleman Of New York
city, 20 the Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute, Hampton, Va. This great institution
D. Ton tbc trimming Of cOlored boys and girls aud
IS the ont growth Of a simple school organized
10y Gen Butler in the original "C0nirland
camp Oh this ground. Thcseb lis will chime
across the Big Bethel hattefoId. where the "a
y. T. Troy had the first contest of thd war,
and thrir music will float over tho very spot
where the Union Monitor and the rebel Mcrri-
mac lthe former constructed by Troy enter
prise bad their momentous naval engagement
GRAND ARMY ENTERTAINMENT.
Fauagut Post, No 10, GAR, gave a largely.
attended entertainment at Washington Hall
Capitol Hill, last Wednesday evening Com.
mander III n. Howard delivered an interesting
address, after which the following program was
cTcditably rendered: Addresses by Comradc
Thomas Turner Col Lincoln, Commander o.
hIt Carson Post, No. ?; Gen. il. &. Rogers and
Chaplain Kramer; instrumental trio by Mis-,
Alice Robinson and Mcssrs Rothberg and
BOggs; yoca. solos by Mesdamcs Harmer and
Gordon; pn5tar solo by Prof Bond whstliul
ltK min .lf In Nvp
Green 81 igr.e-gue on Marc Authouys Ora
tiun," The Widow Malone and "Momant
laght,, and Jy Miss Louise Storm Of " Paupcn
EAd DCaGuyats"
VETERANS IN TIE CITY.
Comfa3c J. y. Maulby. late Of Co. q 0h
Ohio Cav, aua now residing nj Youngstown
O. was IN the Capital several DAYS last week
iut has returned bone. He would like 10 bcsi
flom all ilis old comrades
Capt y. q AbaiN Of kcucsaw Post. No -
Danyile, H.. and his charming wife have beer
~ the city for some days visiting their old
friends Gen. John G. Black and wife Capt
A0di went out FIRST IN the llth Ind aud latcl
ln dc war received commission in an Illinois
regiment, in which bic served till the end O
The war, aEd was rs fath.nl, intelligent !
soldier as ever fred a musset His wife is ,
bright, cultivated lady, aud the two made mai.,
friends here
Dad SEASON FOR MAYNAs.
Society people sax that the season which
virtually closed with Ash "Wednesday was ;
very disappointing one TO the manugerin.
lnanlmas nom All parts OF the country VIII,
brought ihelr daughters here 10 make bette.
matches thaa they could la the more limitc,
circles in which they moved at home Their
las been an nHusal number of entertainments
receptions, etc, Of unprecedented expensive
mess, aud Tie dressing oi the darlinss has take,
Ho thought Of the cost, but for al that ther
have bccn weary few engagements aud marri
ages. The disappointed matrOns are nov
"molilizinp" as the European soldiers saw
their artillery and forces for a renewal of M,
campaign by the seashOrc and at The Summc
resorts.
FIFTY YEARS OLD.
The President celebrated his J0th birthda,
on Thursday last in the most quiet manner al
tending 10 lis official duties in the morninl
aud receiving the usual concOuTsc OF people il
The East Room az ] O'Clock Al z IN the even
ing the President aud Mrs. Cleveland dined a
ihe white House instead of Oak View as la,
been announced would be the case, having a
Their guests Miss Gregg of Buffalo who arrive,
on Thursday Mrs lloyt Who arrived Fri
day aud Miss Jewett Of Buffalo. who La
been here FOR a fortnight past. Later il
the evening the President. accomuanied \,
Mrs. HOyt, Mrs. Jewett aud Colonel ana Mrs.
Lamont, occupied a box at the National Tbeate
10 see the niHstres.
DEEACING THE MONUNENT.
Congress passed "A stringent law last Winfe